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TIL A Man Played a Civilization game for 10 years.

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lojx5 TIL after the Manchester Bombing in 2017, the Manchester Police stopped sharing information with the US after they leaked confidential information to news medias. New York Times published photographs of the bomb used and refused to apologize after the leaks.
D1BRP TIL A creepy story from Charlie Chaplin's autobiography, about meeting a legless man who slept under a cabinet and performed parlor tricks on command, inspired "Home" -- widely considered the most disturbing episode of The X-Files
8aGRb TIL In Japan, a festival called Kanamara Matsuri, or 'Festival of the Steel Phallus' celebrates the defeat of a vagina demon by an iron penis.
5YXbD TIL of Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat harder credited with discovering coffee after observing his goats dancing and acting erratically upon eating the beans.
neWNo TIL of Agitprop, a portemanteau of Agitation and Propaganda that was born in Russia 100 years ago that has gone through a recent revival in 21st century as weaponized misinformation through social media.